landmarks

8th Grade Social Studies

… is proud to present…

… Your Final Mapping Quiz!!

Landmarks of the World

You will mark all these landmarks on your world map on the front of your

packet.

Insert slide here with picture of one of the students modeling the worksheet they will fill out as we go.

Includes photo of each landmark, country or state and two facts about the landmark.

We are trying to teach our 8th graders to take better, less literal notes. At the moment, they will write exactly what we tell them to – no more, no less. This will be another exercise in using judgment in what to put into their notes.

Angkor WatCambodia

Aswan DamEgypt

Bullet TrainJapan

• The Tōkaidō Shinkansen is the world's busiest high-speed rail line. Carrying 375,000 passengers a day, it has transported more passengers (4.5 billion) than all other high speed lines in the world combined. (-Wikipedia)

• 500 km/hr = 310 mph

Burj DubaiDubai, United Arab Emirates

Channel TunnelEnglish Channel

Leaning Tower of PisaPisa, Italy

Christ the Redeemer

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

ColiseumRome, Italy

Eifel TowerParis, France

Golden Gate Bridge

San Francisco, California

Great Wall of China

China

The KremlinMoscow, Russia

Cave PaintingsLascaux, France

Machu PicchuAndes Mountains, Peru

Western Deeps Mine

South Africa

"The deepest mine in this region (Witwatersrand) is currently Western Deep mine, a network of tunnels which penetrates 3.5 km into the Earth's crust.“

- Hart-Davis, Adam. Deepest Mine. BBC and Open University, 2002.

3.5 kilometers = 2.17479917 mi

MoaiEaster Island, Ecuador

Great MosquesTimbuktu, Mali

Mount Rushmore

South Dakota, United States

Sidney Opera House

Sidney, NSW, Australia

AcropolisAthens, Greece

PyramidsGiza, Egypt

Sagrada FamiliaBarcelona, Spain

St. Louis ArchSt. Louis, Missouri

StonehengeEngland, United Kingdom

Taj MahalAgra, India

TikalGuatemala

Trans Siberian Railway

Russia

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